Wallpaper Design

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Artist/Maker	Crane, Walter (R.W.S.) (designer)
Place of origin	England (made)

Design for a wallpaper (E.5166-1919) showing only the irises of the 'Iris and Kingfisher' design (E.4035-1915); Body colour on paper; Signed with the artist's emblem.

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Categories	Wall Coverings Designs
Object type	Wallpaper design
Materials and techniques	Body colour on paper Paper Body Colour Painting
Brief description	Design for a wallpaper (E.5166-1919) showing only the irises of the 'Iris and Kingfisher' design (E.4035-1915); Designed by Walter Crane; Body colour on paper; Signed with the artist's emblem; England; 1877.
Physical description	Design for a wallpaper (E.5166-1919) showing only the irises of the 'Iris and Kingfisher' design (E.4035-1915); Body colour on paper; Signed with the artist's emblem.
Dimensions	Height: 38.1cm Width: 26.7cm Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Production type	Design
Credit line	Given by Mrs Margaret Warner
Object history	Given by Mrs Margaret Warner.
Subject depicted	Iris
Associated objects	E.4035-1915 (Version) E.5166-1919 (Object)
Bibliographic references	Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1945, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.16-1945

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Record created	April 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O218508/wallpaper-design-crane-walter-rws/

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